'A World of Play' - Commissioned by XYZ for Casumo

For this project we helped Casumo (A Casino with a difference) – host an extraordinary one-off pop up event in Shoreditch, East London. A World of Play helped put the oomph into the grey summer with an eclectic explosion of quirky eccentricity.

Guests were transported into a colourful, musical adventure world complete with a spinning human fruit machines, musical bingo featuring the gospeloke choir, giant card games, retro video games and more. On top of all that there was live performance from snake dancers, magicians, plus complimentary drinks and prizes to be won, including a sky dive, a year's supply of pizza and The SSE Arena, Wembley tickets.

'Big Quiz Night' - Commissioned by News UK

To mark the return of The Sun’s annual quiz, we created and produced a unique, exciting and engaging live quiz show. The theme of the quiz was a celebration of ‘The Best Of British’ - The graphics, questions, host, set design and props all echoed this throughout. It included celebrity appearances, game show graphics… big prizes and much more.

We brought to Bloomsbury Ballroom a quiz like no other; totally bespoke for The Sun this quiz tested the teams’ knowledge of entertainment, sport, music and news. The rounds weren't like a regular pub quiz, as well as the trivia there was also props, graphics, Sun newspaper content and special guests helping to deliver the questions in a fun and engaging way.

'Fortune Favours The Brave' Commissioned by Telegraph for Mindshares Huddle

Huddle is an event organized by Mindshare once a year at their London offices. On the day different media owners are invited to host sessions around a specific theme. This year the theme was ‘good’ – good in business, good in media, and good in life.

We were approached by Telegraph and asked to help plan and execute their session. The brief being 'Fortune Favours The Brave - Why do so many good ideas never happen? Because of fear'

The idea was to take a bunch of people out of their comfort zone and dispel the fear by having them sing as a group in the foyer of Mindshare offices.

The outcome of the performance was truly remarkable with partakers feeling freed and uplifted by what they had achieved. For a full picture of the session check out the video here

“It’s Unknown are a fantastic company to work with! We couldn’t have been happier with the event we did with them .”

— Gina Davoile, Creative Solutions Manager - Telegraph

'Gymbox Christmas Party' - Commissioned by Gymbox

To help Gymbox bring their year to an end we was commissioned to throw - "the best party of 2016"

For the occasion we took over an empty space in the heart of Hoxton. We dressed the venue with a live graffiti wall as well as a grotty grotto complete with a flirty Santa and her sack of presents.

To make the night extra special we hosted a super sized version of pass the parcel, complete with challenges and forfeits. We also held an award ceremony, with trophies and joke acceptant speeches.

This truly was a memorable one not only for their staff but for us as well.

'Oxjam Crouch End Music Festival' Commissioned by Oxjam

Oxjam is one massive month of unforgettable gigs happening up and down the country during October, all celebrating local music and all organised by volunteers.

For 2016 we were fortunate enough to be asked to curate our own room at the inaugural Oxjam Crouch End, and to make things even more special our room was to be in the old Town Hall where our offices are based.

Acts on the night included, a clown work shop from Clown Teacher Dan Lees, music from pop powerhouse Club De Fromage, quizzes from Musical Bingo and Sounds Familiar as well as a glorious climatic end of the night 90s house party.

All in all we managed to raise over £3000, all of which will be donated to Oxjam and their ongoing battle to fight global poverty.

“The It’s Unknown Team were THE PERFECT collaboration for Oxjam Crouch End. They totally embraced the fundraising initiative and curated an entire days’ worth of music and entertainment to our Oxjam festival. But more than that, Jonny and his team also helped curate, advise/mentor the volunteer team to bring a bigger and better fundraising event to Crouch End. Their creativity, professionalism, endless ideas and constant supply of incredibly talented acts they represent, was second to none. They were utterly selfless and did everything they could (and more) to help us raise over £3,000 for Oxfam. They are simply THE BEST! I will be recommending them to everyone I meet!”

To mark the opening weekend of 'The Slide' at the ArcelorMittal Orbit we were asked to create an experiential event for the public.

To celebrate the occassion we put a twist on the classic game of 'Snakes & Ladders' and created our very own lifesized board game called ‘Slides + Steps’, complete with 2 game masters, sound system & DJ, a wheel of fortune, giant dice and killer questions.

Over the course of 3 days winners of each game were awarded a fast track ticket to the world’s tallest, fastest and longest slide.

As part of Ad Week Europe we were commissioned to create a live game show experience to celebrate the launch of MailOnline & Metro's joint insight venture 'Millennial Rules'.

'Millennial Rules' is based on 9 fundamental points which MailOnline & Metro believe advertisers should adhere to when engaging with millennials.

The brief was to take these 9 rules and turn them into an energetic and unforgettable live game show experience, which would inform media buyers from londons top agenices that when comes to engaging with millennials MailOnline & Metro understands them entirely.

From initial concept and logo identity through to branding, content, set design, live automated graphics, physical stage challeneges and even celebrity guest apperances we created the totally bepoke game show 'Who Want's to be a Millennial'

“It was fabulous and we had great feedback from internals, including the leadership team and our clients… the event completely delivered against our initial objectives, which is kudos to all involved. In fact, now we’re seeing how we can roll out a smaller version of the event as a road show!”

'The Big Fat Twitter Quiz' - Commissioned by Twitter Inc

For Twitter's annual trip to House Festival, we took their CEO's on a boat ride along the Thames. The trip included a bespoke quiz complete with hosts, buzzers and a digital leaderboard.

The brief was to create a unique quiz based on the four big topics on Twitter (Muisc, TV/Film, Food & Sport) We split the quiz into four rounds with each taking on one of the themes, we than created bespoke buzz in questions as well as team challanges. At the end of the journey the winning team took home the highly coverted 'Big Fat Twitter Quiz Medal'

“We loved working with the It’s Unknown team to produce a private quiz for our CEO’s. They understood the brand, produced amazing assets and read the crowd perfectly”

— Roshni Acton, Marketing Coordinator - Twitter Inc

'Sun Bingo' Ad Week Europe. Commissioned by News UK

Commissioned by Ad Week Europe, we partnered with The Sun to give their clients the full Musical Bingo experience. Complete with three themed rounds, decorations, props, acrobatic acts, and a photographer. To add an extra layer to each round with live acts.

For 'All the Fun of the Fair' we had four circus performers, including a snake dancer and unicyclist. In our second round 'Holy Moly' every single song was sang by a live gospel choir. And for our final round 'Dance Crazes' we had our show girls The Framettes leading dance routines and posing for photos.

A Nightmare Before Christmas. Commissioned by Gymbox

The highlight of Christmas 2015 was undoubtly throwing this bash for Gym Box.

The idea was a Nightmarte before Christmas, It's Unknowns stage managed, booked acts and artists as well as devised some freakishly deviant games to get everybody in the mood for partying!!

“Fantastic ideas, effortless management and an absolute pleasure to work with from start to finish, can’t wait to work with the team again.”

'Dome of the Unknown' and 'The Back Yard' Commissioned by Blissfields Festival

Blissfields 2016 saw us create and currate two of our very own spaces - Dome of the Unknown and The Back Yard.

The inside space was a 30ft dome designed to look like a living room, whilst the outdoor space was styled as a back yard, complete with bales of hay for seating.

Both spaces were filled with immersive entertainment and games programmed and produced by us. The dome housed some of our signature shows as well as science talks and craft workshops, whilst the outdoor arena hosted sock wrestling, dodgeball competitions and a UV paint party to name just a few.

Other entertainment over the weekend included 'A Taste of the Fringe' with James Loveridge and Leo Kearse, as well as Stand Up Philosphy and Disco Yoga.

'Rio 2016 Olympic Games' Commissioned by Mitie

For Mities annual awards party, we took over Covent Gardens’ Guanabara nightclub for a spectacularly vibrant evening of partying and games.

The initial idea was to incorporate the essence of Rio and the Olympics into a competitive party in which regional teams could take on one another in mini games.

After padding out the dance floor with MMA approved matting 13 regional teams battled it out for Bronze, Silver & Gold medals. Games on the night included Balloon Battles, Taco Duels, Twerk Off’s and Sock Wrestling plus a bonus limbo challenge.

To add to the excitement each team was given fake Rio money to place bets with, with the team with the most money taking home a grand prize.

As well as the ‘ludicrously entertaining’ Eleanor Conway and comedian/poet Oh Standfast, other programming included a capoeira performance, and a live reggae band complete with karaoke song choices.

La Casa Loca, Wahaca Day Of The Dead. Commisioned by Wahaca

In November 2015 we were honoured to be a part of the Wahaca Day Of The Dead Festival. On the day revelers celebrated the dead and the living, through the indulgence and debauchery of live music, fine food, provocative debate, and beautiful art.

Closing the night in spectacular style was Dance Of The Dead complete with cabaret performances from Elvis Corpsley, Dead Frank, Whitney Houston and Dusty Springfield. Other entertainment on the day included a live Mariachi Band, a craft workshop with renowned illustrator Supermundane, a chilli eating competition and a show stopping performance from The Bikini Beach Band.

'One Night Stand', A Microsoft Mega Quiz. Commissioned by Cake

We were commissioned to create a quiz/entertainment event for Microsoft. The aim was to demonstrate the benefits of their new cloud based platform ‘one’

In order to achieve this, we worked alongside Cake and created a live interactive quiz that was supported by a large screen with leader board and applications needed for each round. This approach put Microsoft’s technology at the heart of the evening and how each team answered their questions.

The event was a huge success. With full attendance it immediately connected with the audience. The outcome was a shift in perception towards platforms the audience might not have been familiar with, therefore helping to fully convey Microsoft’s re-brand.

The Big Christmas Lights Switch On, East Village. Commissioned by Mark London

The Big Christmas Lights Switch On was an event for the local residents to come and get involved in by switching on one of East Village's 'Frozen Trees' - A forest of 14 giant cylinders designed by young Portuguese designers, LIKE Architects. The trees provided a beacon for passers by on Celebration Avenue.

It's Unknown designed and managed the build of a 'Winter Love Shack', a stage in which we could entertain all that gathered to see the switch on with engaging comperes and a 10 piece gospel choir.

The Love Shack was completed with a sound system, lighting rig and chimney to let out red smoke flares. We also erected a video wall to project the lyrics onto so all spectators could sing along.

'Anything Goes Dome' Northbound festival. Commissioned by CN Events

Nestled away in the picturesque hills of the Lake District is the beautiful, family friendly Northbound festival. For summer 2015 they assigned us ‘The Anything Goes Dome’ – The mission was simple, they wanted an immersive, alternative space with live shows and plenty of interactivity.

Over the course of the weekend we delivered daily programmes of fun and frolics, including a silent disco, Rockeoke, stand-up comedy, interactive character comedy and an abundance of local talent.

All the shows were well received not just by festival revellers but its organisers alike. Our closing party helped to end the weekend with a bang and had the best attendance of the night!